It was August 2007, and there we sat at a table in Downtown Wheaton: a Venezuelan baker, a Salvadoran restaurant manager, a Scottish tavern owner, a Cuban-American non-profit director, an…
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Everybody Loves Main Street, Part Three
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By Emily Adelman. PART 3: Growing Pains Now, as far as our policymakers are concerned, the local shift is going to be more substantial, and it might hurt a little….
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Everybody Loves Main Street, Part Two
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By Emily Adelman. PART 2: The Multiplier Effect Maybe you’re thinking, “How is buying the same roll of dental floss at an independent pharmacy instead of a big-box chain store…
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Everybody Loves Main Street, Part One
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By Emily Adelman. PART 1: There’s No Place Like Home For those of you who have lived near downtown Wheaton for a long time, you probably associate this eclectic little…
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MPW’s far-flung spy network was quite excited this week over County Executive Ike Leggett’s appointment of former County Council Member Steve Silverman as the new Director of the Department of…
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Following is the press release from the Leggett administration.For Immediate Release: April 7, 2009 Leggett Names Steve Silverman to Direct Economic Development Department Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett today announced…
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Three Ways to Hold Down Electricity Prices
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The state’s electricity reregulation bill shows little potential for cutting electricity rates and may even backfire. But state legislators can do three things that will hold down electric bills over…
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Montgomery County Lands Clean Energy Center
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By Cary Lamari. I would like to start out by talking about a member of my family. He in a very large way inspired me to look into affordable housing…
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Will Reregulation Work?
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One of the biggest issues before the General Assembly at the moment is an effort to “re-regulate” electricity provided by new power plants. The bill, as amended, would grant the…